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As long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.

Jerry Garcia

I’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
JERRY GARCIA

Anywhere Different Effort Guitar Just Lead See Try
People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
JERRY GARCIA

Bankrupt Celebrate Context Religion Something
Some things may work, but they definitely won’t work every time. Some things may work at various times.
JERRY GARCIA

Definite Every May Some Thing Time Various Work
I equate Deadheads to people that like black licorice. There aren’t many people that like black licorice, but the ones that do, REALLY REALLY like it! Or buttermilk, or whatever.
JERRY GARCIA

Black Buttermilk Deadhead Equate Licorice Like Many People Really
Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn’t even talk about. We know it’s there.
JERRY GARCIA

Before Dead Essential Grateful Language Music Play Religious Service Talk Whole Spiritual
Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win!
JERRY GARCIA

Always Faster Further Higher Jump Raech Run Win
I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
JERRY GARCIA

Cop Crime Decide Drug Everybody Just Money Problem Think
And when you don’t have to talk to the person next to you, that’s real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.
JERRY GARCIA

Clean Next Person Talk
Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
JERRY GARCIA

Barely Lately Light Long Occur Other See Shine Sometimes Strange Trip
See, there’s only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that – the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country.
JERRY GARCIA

Around Capitol Country Fillmore Grovy Man Pretty Smooth Stage Theatre Whole
You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
JERRY GARCIA

Best Consider Do Merely One Only
I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.
JERRY GARCIA

Blue Certainty Country Kind Like Link Music Only Play Purist Stuff
I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
JERRY GARCIA

Cities Government Mean
Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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Ever Grey Line Silver Touch
Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
JERRY GARCIA

Be Incredibly Pathetic Somebody Something Us
If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
JERRY GARCIA

Go Immediately Obvious Something Work

As long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.

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